snow said:
... I just wonder what Brees would be capable of with a line like New England, or better receivers for that matter, he makes scrubs look good. 4 different players have 20 or more catches, the first time in history that has happened.
actually, Brees has spread the ball around even more than that. he has thrown 20 or more completions to 10 players going into the final game of the season.
per the Saints website this morning, these are the players with 20 or more catches: Colston (84), Moore (60), Meachem (43), Shockey (41), Henderson (34), Thomas (30), Bush (29), Graham (29), Thomas (29), and Betts (23).that is simply incredible to me.
and just remember, it was only a couple of years ago that all the "experts" said Brees would never be a quality quarterback in the NFL. it was only a couple of years before that when all the "experts" said Brees didn't have a strong enough arm to even play in the NFL. it was only a couple of years before that when all the power conference recruiting "experts" said Brees was too short to play for a big time college program.
boy, those "experts" sure know their stuff, huh?
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now turning to the topicof Michael Turner ... he was a terrific tailback at Northern Illinois, and he put up solid, though not spectacular,numbers for a small back (he's very generously listed at 5-10)at the Combine (4.49 in the 40, 31-inch vertical, 4.15 short shuttle, 22 reps on the bench). "strangely," White backs who put up those kinds of numbers at his size don't even get a Combine invitation ... but that's another topic.Turner was clearly much shiftier and explosive earlier in his career than he is now, because it has become obvious that he's carrying way, way too much weight.
what gets me, though, every time i watch Turner play is that he wasn't even the fastest or most explosive player on his Northern Illinois team. that title went to wide receiver/punt returner Dan Sheldon. one of the most feared punt returners in all of college football and a dynamic wide receiver (23.4 yards-per-catch average as a senior with 9 touchdowns on 40 catches)who was a threat to score every time he touched the ball, Sheldon got little more than a couple of training camp invitations and a practice squad visitin the NFL before being shown the door. at 5-9, he was "too small" you see ...